#CE5840#CE5840

#CE5840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.155 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5840
RGB	rgb(206, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 45.25, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 58.38, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1298 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.155 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8717, 20.4753, 7.2286)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5840 #40B6CE

analogous

#CE406F #CE5840 #CE9F40

triadic

#CE5840 #40CE58 #5840CE

tetradic

#CE5840 #6FCE40 #40B6CE #9F40CE

square

#CE5840 #6FCE40 #40B6CE #9F40CE

split-complementary

#CE5840 #40CE9F #406FCE

monochromatic

#752D1E #A6402B #CE5840 #DA8371 #E7ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#CE5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#CE5840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5840

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5840	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.155 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48b75',
    500: '#ce5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5840;
$custom-light: #e48b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.141,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5840

secondary

#96C9D4

accent

#C8E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5840

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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